Fuddyduddy,
Stop being so much of a fuddyduddy. You are acting as though Guy had personally insulted one of your family members. Take a chill pill dude! We all have to share the same oil tainted air here. Cheesy
I don`t know any automotive diesel engines where you have to lift the hood and oil the rockers and pushrods with an oil can each day before you can drive the car to work. Automotive disesls don`t normally blow out intermediate timing sprockets in five hours since new, etc.
Sorry for you VICTIM,
Since I have personally owned, or DO OWN, at least six Nissan diesels, four GM diesels, a Volvo diesel, several VW diesels, a Cummins diesel, Buda diesels, Case diesels, several Caterpillar, John Deere, Kubota, International, Isuzu, Nordberg, Perkins, Gardner, and so many others I forget them all , AND EVEN a Suzuki diesel automobile(s) and/or truck(s), tractor(s), along with many Vidhata, Ashwamegh, JKson, Changfa, etc, etc, etc, diesel engines, will tell you this:
It is sheer folly to even presume for a moment that any land-based automobile or light truck will have a life expectancy even coming close to a slow-speed diesel engine such as the Liser(oid)s.
This forum has individuals that make statements, repititiously, that tend to make "newbies" who read them think that they are the truth. Frequently they are not.
I am not sure you even know what an "intermediate timing sprocket" is, let alone causes of failure, etc, etc, etc. I DO KNOW that a (CS) Lister(oid) has no such mechanical item.
Personally, I think of some diesel engines as being among my family members, and individuals who admonish me to "take a chill pill dude" are exactly the types of people I want very little or no involvement with.
Thank goodness, I enjoy lifting the hood on whichever vehicle I drive EVERY DAY to check the oil, and look at other things, and can also tell you this: I have NEVER had an engine fail on any automobile, pickup, truck, tractor, sawmill, etc, etc, that I have ever owned. Yup, thanks, Bob and Jack and Quinn, etc, I HAVE taken one or two out of service that had an IMPENDING failure!
Oh, maybe that WILL happen someday,but it has not in the last sixty-odd years. And, I would bet a lot of money that the kind of folks I associate with have had about the same experiences, also.